Car-window.



E. A. HAITINGER.

GAB. WINDOW.

APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 3, 1908.

Patented June 15, 1909.

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ATTORNEY.

E. A. HAITINGER. CAR WINDOW.

APPLIUA'I'ION FILED 001s, 190s.

Patented June 15,1909.

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WITNESSES ATTOR/VE K THE NORRIS PETERS cm, WASHINGTON: In cv UNTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EM'ERY A. HAITINGEROF PASSAIO, NEW JERSEY.

OAR-WINDOW.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, EMERY A. HAITIN- can, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing in Passaic, Passaic county, New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful improvement in Car-\Vindows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of. the invention, sacl as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to window-sash controlling mechanism and particularly to that class of such mechanism wherein the sash is normally drawn toward the open posit-ion but is held against such movement by means normally opposing the same.

My invention has for its principal objects to simplify and cheapen the construction of such mechanisms and to make the same more reliable and durable; to retain the exterior appearance of the frame structure as nearly as possible like that for ordinary or unautmatic sashes and as free as may be from projecting parts; and so to construct the sash holding means that both a friction and a positive-lock grip may be secured thereby on the sash.

M y invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a windew-frame, sash and sash-controlling mechanism as seen from the inside thereof and constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is an inside elevation of what is seen in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line of Fig. 2, certain parts being removed; Fig. st is a horizontal sectional view on line 2 2 of Fig. 2; and, Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view, )artly in section, showing the sash and sash-holding means.

In said drawings, (a. is the window-frame, 7) parting-beads extending vertically along the inside faces of the sides or vertical members of the same; 0 stop-beads removably attached against the inside faces of said sides of the frame by screws or the like (Z, and c a sill-piece removably secured, by screws f, against the bottom or sill-member of the frame. The sash 5 which is provided with the usual pull l1. at the bottom, moves in the grooves 71 formed between the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 3, 1908.

Patented June 15, 1909.

Serial No. 456,041.

parting-beads and stop-beads, it being normally drawn upwardly by the flexible straps or hands j adapted to wind on the usual spring-roller is arranged in the upper part of frame a. An upper sash Z is shown in the drawings; it may be employed or not, as will be obvious.

Back of each stop-bead c the sash is formed with a vertical recess m and by inserting in these recesses a metal strip a the sash is metal-faced at these points; the metal-faced portions of the sash are formed with alined holes 0 set preferably equidistantly apart. The stop-beads are formed in the faces thereof adjoining the frame with cut-away portions or pockets 2), so that they conceal certain parts now to be described. Stops g are attached to the side of the frame under the stop-beads; against these bear the bent plate-springs 1 which act to press the sashsecuring members 8 against'the metal-faced portions of the sash. Each member s is formed of an elongated plate of sheet metal bent lengthwise into a tube having a rectan gular cross section, lugs 6 being left projecting from the ends of the member. These lugs move in slots a formed in plates a) vertically opposed to each other and secured by screws or the like the one against the side of the frame and the other against the sillmember of the frame. By the frictional contact of the members 5 with the metal-faced portions of the sash, the sash is normally held against the pull of the spring roller, although the grip of members 8 may be overcome by applying additional force to the sash. In order to lock the sash positively at any of several elevations, a stop plug to is comprised preferably in each member s, being arranged to penetrate its outer wall and have its head 09 held against the inside face of said outer wall by a spring 3/ interposed between said head and the opposed wall. So long as the members .9 are in contact or approximate contact with the sash, whenthe sash is raised each plug will snap into one of the holes 0 and positively lock the sash against further movement.

The members 8 may be bodily drawn out of all holding engagement with the sash as follows: To the front of each midway the length thereof is attached an eye .2, and to this eye is connected a chain or the like 1 which passes over a pulley 2 on a screw 3 secured in the frame a and then under a pulley 4 journaled in a bracket 5 also secured to the frame. The chains 1 are connected with studs 6 on the outer ends of levers 7 which are pivoted at 8 to a plate 9 secured to the sill-member of the frame and which have their inner or adjoining ends opposite the flat head 10 of a spindle 11 which slides longitudinally in a sleeve 12 cast integrally with plate 9. Head 10 being flat and bearing against plate 9, the spindle can move only longitudinally and is kept in proper engagement with levers 7. The spindle has a thumb-piece or button 13 at its outer end.

The under side of the sill-piece e is grooved, as at 14, and recessed, as at 15, to accommodate the chains 1 and plate 9 and levers 7; it also has an opening 16 through which sleeve 12 projects, being faced at the opening by a plate 17. Thus, the only part of the apparatus exposed is the projecting end of the spindle 11. hen, now, the spindle is pressed inwardly sufficiently far, the levers are actuated and, through the chains, draw members 3 and their stop plugs out of securing engagement with the sash, so that the latter is free to rise under the pull of the spring roller.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination of the frame, a sash arranged to move therein, a tubular holding member for the sash movable toward and from the latter, said member having a retractile stop in the wall thereof adjoining the sash, a spring bearing against the opposite wall of said member and against the stop, the sash having a recess to receive the stop, and means for controlling the movement of said member, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the frame, a sash arranged to move therein, an elongated holding member normally engaging the sash, said member consisting of a sheet-metal plate bent into cross-sectionally rectangular shape and having an integral lug at each end, slotted plates attached to the frame and receiving the lugs of said member to guide the latter, and means for moving said member, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the frame, a sash arranged to move therein, sash-holdingmembers normally engaged with the sash, stopbeads and a sill-piece secured against the sides and bottom member, respectively, of the frame, and means for controlling the holding members comprising a plate secured to the bottom of the frame and having an integral relatively elevated sleeve projecting inwardly, a part movable longitudinally in said sleeve, levers pivoted on the plate and extending substantially oppositely from the relatively outer end of the sleeve, flexible connections connecting said levers and the holding members, and means for guiding said connections, said sill-piece having an opening receiving the sleeve and being grooved on its underside to receive said connections, substantially as described.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 2nd day of October, 1908.

EMERY A. HAITINGER.

\Vitnesses JOHN WV. STEWARD, WM. D. BELL. 

